"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

Wordle 1,146 X/6

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Took my second loss ever today.

STAIN
SAMBA
SAFER
SAGGY
SAPPY
SADLY

I was lazy, shouldn’t have wasted guesses 4 and 5 on double-consonant words.

Wordle 1,146 3/6*

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LEAST
SHACK
SAUCY

Haven’t done a Wordle in over a year.

Wordle 1,146 3/6

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Nice to see I’ve still got it.

Wordle 1,146 3/6*

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PLATE
RADIO
SAUCY

Luckier than yesterday!

FRI AUG 9th

Wordle 1,147 3/6*

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ALONE
MONIE
OUNCE

Wordle 1,147 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
NOBLE
OUNCE

Wordle 1,147 2/6

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ALONE
OUNCE

Wordle 1,147 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
OUNCE

So many C’s, so little time.

Wordle 1147 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
OUNCE

NONCE, as in “for the nonce” was also a possibility, but an iffy one IMHO.

Wordle 1,147 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,147 4/6

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HEART
POISE
CLONE
OUNCE

Wordle 1,147 4/6*

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LEAST
DRONE
NONCE <— Stupid guess, but I didn’t see…
OUNCE

Wordle 1,147 4/6

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SLATE
CRONE
PONCE - I knew this wasn’t gonna work, but just didn’t see. . .
OUNCE - . . .the answer

As was “ponce”. This is what happens when you watch too much Britbox.

Wordle 1,147 3/6

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READY
OUTIE
OUNCE

Like I said, it’s always good strategy to know which vowels WON’T be in the solution.

And which will.

To quote Wordlebot:

Wordle 1,147 2/6

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VOICE
OUNCE

Only word left after one. Can’t get much more efficient than that!
OUNCE is one of my start words, but it’s a few weeks away, so I wasn’t that close to my first ace.

And, we have another C to make @Cugel happy!

Wordle 1,147 2/6* 8/9/2024

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SAUCY → Just like my high school report cards, everything’s coming up Cs. Ok, move the U over one, tack an E on the end, add a WoFcon to the mix and I’m seeing
OUNCE

I’m going with very lucky on this, as there was a killer trap (?UNCH) that might have gotten me had it been one of the five words. Plus, eight other words along with the solution. Still, I refuse to look a lucky two in the mouth.

Wordle 1,147 3/6*

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PLATE
DOUSE
OUNCE

Wordle 1,148 4/6

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RATIO
CUMIN
MIMIC
MEDiC

Wordle 1,148 2/6

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MEDIA
MEDIC